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FCO 8/4922

External political affairs of Bahrain, 1983 Jan 01 - 1983 Dec 31

This file concerns the external affairs of Bahrain.
FCO 8/3816

Ministerial visits from the UK to the Persian Gulf: general, 1981 Jan 01 - 1981 Dec 31

This file relates to ministerial visits to the Gulf.
FCO 8/744

Judiciary, 1967-1968

This file is on legal affairs in Qatar and the retrocession of jurisdiction, June 1967 to October 1968. It contains correspondence relating to: Phased retrocession of jurisdiction beginning with matters relating to traffic in Qatar and the ambiguous status of Pakistanis in Qatar as Muslim citizens of the Commonwealth Qatar Traffic Regulation, 1954 [Queen's Regulation No. 4 of 1954] subsequently amended by Queen's Regulation No. 5 of 1954 and Queen's Regulation No.
FCO 8/739

Defence sales, 1967-1968

This file contains correspondence relating to: Transportation of 25,000 rounds of 7.62 calibre ammunition from Gdynia, Poland to Doha Order for military supplies placed from Qatar and the involvement of Ghassan Farha Negotiations between Westland Helicopters Limited, Sheikh Khalifa Bin Hamad Al Thani and Mohammad Mahdi Cochrane over the sale of Whirlwind helicopters Sale by Tennant Trading Limited of 20,000 rounds of 9 mm ball ammunition to Qatar Enquiry from Qatar for the purchase of 200 cartridges of 25 pounder blank ammunition Purchase of a consignment of hunting rifles and

FCO 8/731

Jordan, 1967

This file contains a letter from the Political Agent in Qatar R H M Boyle to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf Sir R S Crawford about the departure of an aid convoy to Jordan to deliver tents, clothing, tools, blanket and other necessities to the government at Amman in the wake of the ceasefire with Israel.

FO 371/126996

Education in Persian Gulf, 1957

This file contains correspondence relating to: Possibility of the Iraqi Ministry of Education providing teachers for the school in the Trucial States and the proposal for the establishment of an education committee for the Trucial States (1-4, 6-9, 15) Agreement for boys from the Trucial States to receive secondary education in Kuwait, if they meet the necessary educational standard (5) Estimates of the number of teachers which will be required in the Trucial States in the next five years and the costs (10) Suggestion that Qatar could also be provided with teachers from Iraq.
FO 371/168756

Kuwait investment in Arab countries, 1963

This file contains correspondence relating to: Visit to Tunisia of Dr Fakhri Shehan of Kuwait International Consultants (42) Comments on the annual report of the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) and details of its present projects (43) Reports of a request by the Jordanian government for an additional loan from KFAED and details of development schemes, including for the Yarmouk River and the mining of phosphate.